London (06/11 – 58) France and the United Kingdom (UK) have jointly made a request in favour of Sri Lanka to the court of the Southern District of New York,…
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WASHINGTON — U.S.-based diplomats from Central Asia, a region long dominated by Russia and more recently China, say they are eager for more engagement with the United States. Many American foreign…
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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr assured China that military bases accessible to the United States would not be used in any offensive action, stressing the arrangement with Washington was designed to boost…
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Philippines Will Not Let US Access Military Sites for ‘Offensive Action’
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr said the four new sites that the US can access under an expanded defence agreement are intended to bolster the Southeast Asian nation’s capability to…
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US-philippine Drills a Further Sign Manila May Be Picking Sides Amid South China Sea, Taiwan Tensions
by Zhu Ruby Zhu RuSome 18,000 soldiers are taking part in the 38th Balikatan exercises, one of the biggest joint annual military drills between long-time allies the Philippines and United States. The exercises, which started on April 11…
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Vietnamese EV maker set to tender $4bn North Carolina factory
Vietnamese EV maker VinFast said today that it would launch a tender for the construction of a $4bn assembly plant in North Carolina after obtaining one of the approvals it…
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US to Sell Taiwan Anti-Tank System Amid Rising China Threat
The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of an anti-tank mine-laying system to Taiwan amid the rising military threat from China. The department on Wednesday said the Volcano system…
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Chinese leader Xi Jinping vowed on Friday to import more oil and natural gas from energy-rich Gulf Arab states while not interfering in their affairs, likely…
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Earlier this fall, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry shone a spotlight on Vietnam, urging the Southeast Asian nation to “do what is sensible” and refocus its energy sector by investing…
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Biden’s past promises for US to defend Taiwan under microscope in meeting with China’s Xi
Bali, Indonesia CNN — When President Joe Biden first declared that the United States had an obligation to protect Taiwan should China move on it, his words were written off…